State v. Edwards

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Kenneth J.
Edwards, Appellant.

Appeal from Clarendon County

Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-482

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
12, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of Appellate
Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor C. Kelly
Jackson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Kenneth J. Edwards was convicted of shoplifting.  He received a ten year
sentence, suspended upon service of two years and probation for two years.  On
appeal, Edwards contends the trial judge erred in refusing to dismiss his
charges after a videotape of the incident was destroyed.  Pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C.
116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), after a thorough review of the record and counsel’s
brief, we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN,
C.J., HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.